Top 10 Mother's Day Dessert Recipes

Greet the springtime with this fresh, fruity tart. The fresh combination of lime, raspberries, and cream is the perfect finale to a Mother's Day brunch. It's one of our favorite Mother's Day dessert ideas ever!

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These delightful lemon bars are the perfect combination of tart and sweet. They're more than normal lemon bars, and they're way better than key lime pie. Dessert bars are simply divine, and lemon bars are an old-fashioned crowd pleasers!

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Simplicity meets decadence with this beautiful dessert. For a fruity dessert that's unique but packed with fresh, fruity flavor, give this panna cotta a try. It's creamy and fresh, and it tastes as delicious as it looks. Serve this panna cotta up in a nice glass dish. You'll want to eat this individual dessert with your mouth and your eyes!

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For the moms who love banana bread, these scones are a real winner. While some recipes for scones cheat and use Bisquick, this scone recipe really lets you make homemade scones from scratch with carefully measured individual ingredients. Like a normal banana bread recipe, ripe bananas and walnuts give the scones their delicious that you can taste and savor with every bite.

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Don't surprise your mom with just any kiss -- make her these easy cookies instead! Chocolate Kiss Surprise Powder Puff Cookies are an easy cookie recipe that is full of surprises. For instance, not only is there a surprise chocolate kiss center in every cookie, but it's also a shock that this cookie recipe is made with only three ingredients! Another surprise is that this is actually a pie crust cookie recipe. 

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Perfectly moist and enjoyable to the last bite -- for the moms who just can't decide which flavor they like best! Cupcakes are really the perfect dessert to bring to Mother's Day brunch. Mother's Day cakes often get all of the attention, but cupcakes are cuter, easily personalized, and individual desserts are really the way to go for a fancy brunch or a special occasion.

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Looking for a way to take your desserts from bland and boring to fancy and flavorful? These Matcha Green Tea Macarons is a great way to do just that. They are really as tasty as they look, and they’re way easier to make than you’d think. Plus, they're a healthy Mother's Day dessert recipe, too. (We won't tell!)

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When one of the best lemon dessert recipes combines with an easy fudge recipe, it makes for a pretty delicious and decadent dessert. Lemon Meringue Pie Fudge has the light and bright flavor of a lemon meringue pie and the incredibly creamy texture of fudge. It's the perfect dessert combination.

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This fluffy mix of whipped cream and pureed fruit is a classic English treat known as a fool. Berry Fool is an easy fruit recipe that is often served in a parfait glass, but it can also be served in mason jars for a rustic dessert. They make a great topping for angel food cakes, too.

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Strawberry pretzel jello salad is a real springtime classic! It's bright and sunny, and most importantly, it's super easy to make. That clever balance of sweet strawberries, salty pretzels, and creamy whipped topping makes this dessert a real masterpiece.

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